Line 6 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide, English (Rev. 2)

FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2FBV MkII with Line 6 POD Farm 2This chapter covers the use of your Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII or FBV Express MkII to remotelycontrol numerous parameters within the Line 6 POD Farm 2 standalone application and PODFarm 2 Plug-In. This allows you to expand the possibilities of POD Farm 2 even further by usingyour FBV MkII pedal to control a Wah, Volume or Pitch Bender effect, toggle any effects on/off,navigate your custom POD Farm 2 Setlists, control POD Farm 2 Plug-In parameters while writingDAW automation, and more! If you have not already done so, please connect your FBV Shortboardor Express MkII to your computer’s USB port and launch Line 6 Monkey to make sure your FBV isupdated with the latest Device Firmware version - please see “Updating & Registering with Line 6Monkey” on page 1•1.What is POD Farm 2?In case you’re wondering... Line 6 POD Farm 2 is the software available for owners of Line 6 USB audiointerface products.* The POD Farm 2 standalone application provides a full-featured computer UserInterface where you can access all those famous Line 6 guitar & bass amp, preamp, speaker cabinet,mic, and effects models. Using your Line 6 USB audio interface, this essentially provides you legendaryPOD tone right on your computer, which you can use to record into your favorite audio software orjam along with your favorite songs. Further, POD Farm 2 also includes the POD Farm 2 Plug-In andPOD Farm Elements Plug-Ins, which run as audio effects plug-ins within all major DAW applicationson your Mac ® or Windows ® computer. The POD Farm 2 standalone application and the POD Farm2 Plug-In both support external MIDI control, and your FBV MkII device is the perfect USB MIDIcontroller device for the task!*Note: The POD Farm 2 standalone application requires a Line 6 POD Studio, TonePort orGuitarPort device. A POD Farm 2 license can also be purchased as an “Add-On” for a Line 6 POD®xt,POD® X3 units or for an iLok USB key to allow POD Farm 2 Plug-In to be run with one of thesedevices.To purchase POD Farm 2, connect your Line 6 USB audio interface to your Mac ® or Windows ®computer, launch Line 6 Monkey and let the little monkey fellow show you the enlightened path tothe download. Or, go directly to the http://line6.com/software/ page and download it from there.If you have not already done so, also download and install the Line 6 FBV Control application. You’llneed this to load and edit the MIDI commands your FBV device will use to communicate with PODFarm 2. See the “The Line 6 FBV Control Application” on page 3•1 for download instructions.About USB MIDI Ports & ChannelsFirst, it is helpful to learn how all this MIDI communication works between your FBV MkII deviceand your computer. When connected to the USB port of your Mac ® or Windows ® computer, yourFBV MkII device establishes one USB “MIDI In” port and four USB “MIDI Out” ports. These arenot “physical” hardware ports that require you to use a mess of MIDI cables - your FBV communicatesall its MIDI data across your USB cable to these “virtual” software MIDI ports. If you are going to becontrolling the POD Farm 2 standalone application, you’ll access these FBV MIDI Ports within thePreferences of the POD Farm 2 standalone application (see “POD Farm 2 Standalone Application -MIDI Input Configuration” on page 4•7). If you are to be controlling POD Farm 2 Plug-In, you’ll need toconfigure the DAW hot software in which you are using the Plug-In to receive MIDI from these FBVMkII MIDI Ports (see “POD Farm 2 Plug-In - MIDI Input Configuration” on page 4•8).4•1